There is no more Mr Nice Guy at Nottingham Forest, according to Oliver Glasner. The Austrian has said he will change things at the club and if the players don't buy into it, they will be looking for their sixth manager in just over a year. Forest fans booed off their team after a 2-0 loss at Brentford left them in the relegation zone for another week.
They are also the Premier League's lowest scorers this season with six goals from nine games. With Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis known as a ruthless decision-maker, that supporter anger was shared by Glasner at full-time and in an explosive press conference, the Forest head coach said: On top of that, Glasner revealed he refused a request from one of his players to make his own way back to Nottingham from London after the game, banging the table at the press conference when revealing his dismay at that request. "We have to accept it's not good enough," said Glasner as he walked into the press conference.
"If we lose four of the last five games, it's not good enough. And that's why for me, it's now time that we change things, that I change things, and that's what I will do." Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Asked what he will change, he replied: "Everywhere, and I feel I could see a few things from day number one. I feel now maybe I made too many compromises in some stuff, and it's always compromises.
I will tell [the players] what we want to do, what we have to do, and if the players buy in, I think we can have a turnaround, and if not, the sixth manager [since the start of last season] will come in." Glasner refused to blame his players for the poor start to the season and took full responsibility for the poor set of results. But he said Forest are in a "pattern" of getting into relegation trouble in recent seasons and wants to change the club from top to bottom. "I always take responsibility for the things I decided," said Glasner.
It's just one person to blame, and that's me. "That's why I say I can't and I won't continue in the same way as Oliver Glasner. That's so clear for me, because otherwise, again, it's the same.
"You asked the fifth manager, I think you're asking the same question [that you gave to the other four]. "I think the performances are better than the ones [the other four] have been, but it's the same. And if things won't change, you will ask the sixth [manager to come in]." Asked if he is worried about his future, Glasner said: "I have no consequences.
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